The racing overtake"Racing is all about overtaking. And while overtaking on the road is about accelerating, on the track it's more often about braking," says Niall Mackenzie.We've looked at overtaking on the road, with safety top of the agenda

as you can also use similar RS125 Aprilias. At the same rounds the ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy costs just over £12,000 but provides you with all your racing needs plus a GSX-R600, with great bonuses and prizes. If you're southern based, BMCRC have a Triumph

and about regularly on his Crescent Suzuki prepared GSXR 1000. I did some instructing with him at Donington recently and he’s certainly no slouch these days so maybe some club racing could be on the cards soon?The kind people at Moto Direct sent me a new KBC

in Karting, GP2 and Motorcycle Racing. This year’s GP125 team was run by Mark keen’s professional KRP outfit and fielded the 2008 and 2009 Aprilia Superteen Champions Fraser Rogers and Wayne Ryan.In 2011 Rogers will move on to the highly competitive Spanish

cold drinks plus a steady flow of celebs from outside and inside the world of racing.In the Castle and in it's 'grounds' over the weekend there is nonstop music and a hilarious moto cross competitions for paddock members on mini four stroke crossers

's by the bed, 7.01, kit off, 7.02, brace yourself love... Aye, I'm an old romantic at heart. Anyway, I've always put the same orderly approach to track riding and racing and it doesn't seem to have done me any harm.The key to sussing a track and putting

title in '96 however my best moments have to leading the 500cc British GP on the Marlboro Yamaha in 1989 and then climbing onto the podium behind Cadalora and Rainey after the 1993 race.  With little time to rest between corners Donington Park is one

1997/'98 GSX-R600 is still a thing of deep joy, but many are howlers only worth a punt if the price is cheap enough. If everything's tickety-boo it's a track missile but 10 years on most need the suspension sorting and a couple of chassis bearings

heavier (the bike, not me), its modern chassis and suspension technology make the handling feel every bit as positive and nimble as the GP bike. And housed in that chassis, is the sweetest 1,000cc engine ever to hit our streets.Its crisp, free revving feel

– “Donington Park to lose MotoGP” – I doubted it would lead the next BBC bulletin.That said, initially at least, I was devastated, mainly because by 2010 Donington Park will once again be one of the best motor racing facilities in the world. Just looking